Do Nuclear Reactions Create New Elements?

[mike2007]

In chemical reactions the individual elements present in the reactants are the same as in the products of the reaction. Is this true for nuclear reaction?

My attempt
Nuclear reactants produce new products, and a new element can be made. This means that a new element with different proton and neutron numbers is formed in a nuclear reaction

 

[Astronuc]

In chemical reactions the individual elements present in the reactants are the same as in the products of the reaction. Is this true for nuclear reaction?

My attempt
Nuclear reactants produce new products, and a new element can be made. This means that a new element with different proton and neutron numbers is formed in a nuclear reaction

More or less correct.

The 'chemical' nature of an element is determined by the number of protons. The atomic (or nuclear) mass can vary with the number of neutrons, but chemically it is still the same element.

Nuclear reactions that change the number of protons will change the element.

 

[m2003]

. This is not the case in chemical reactions, where the elements present in the reactants and products are the same. Additionally, the energy released in a nuclear reaction is significantly higher than in a chemical reaction due to the breaking and forming of atomic bonds at the nuclear level. Therefore, it can be said that while both chemical and nuclear reactions involve the rearrangement of atoms, they are fundamentally different processes with different outcomes.